Thriller about Guy Luthan (Hugh Grant), a British doctor working at a hospital in New York who starts making unwanted enquiries when the body of a man who died in his emergency room ...
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Thriller about Guy Luthan (Hugh Grant), a British doctor working at a hospital in New York who starts making unwanted enquiries when the body of a man who died in his emergency room disappears. The trail leads Luthan to the door of the eminent surgeon Dr Lawrence Myrick (Gene Hackman), but Luthan soon finds himself in danger from people who want the hospital's secret to remain undiscovered. Written by
Jonathan Broxton <j.w.broxton@sheffield.ac.uk>

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First of Hugh Grants two movies with Sarah Jessica Parker, the other one was " Did you hear about the Morgan's?"(2009) See more »

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Arriving in The Room Dr. Luthan's lips clearly moves, but the words "...if someone's there listening" can be heard seconds later. See more »

Quotes

Dr. Lawrence Myrick:
People die everyday. And for what? For nothing. What do we do? What do *you* do? You take care of the ones you think you can save. Good doctors do the correct thing. Great doctors have the guts to do the right thing. Your father had those guts.
Dr. Guy Luthan:
Those men upstairs, maybe there isn't much point to their lives. Maybe they are doing a great thing for the world. Maybe they are heroes. But they didn't choose to be. You chose for them. And you can't do that, because you're a doctor, and you took an ...
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Hugh Grant plays the "likable, befuddled Englishman" so well, that it was difficult for him to break out of that mold for a while. Therefore, he was cast in one romantic comedy after another. But, his performance as ER doctor Guy Luthan shows that he does have range. All of his quirks (the constant dopey smiles, the longwinded tripping over words, the tendency to hit his head on something) disappears as he portrays a curious doctor investigating the mysterious deaths of area homeless men. But, EXTREME MEASURES is more than just a showcase for Hugh Grant's range. This underrated thriller brings a little bit of humanity to its villain, played by Gene Hackman. His Dr. Lawrence Myrick is not trying to poison society because of mere evilness. He is just an idealist, trying to make the world a better place. But, alas, the road to hell is paved with good intentions. His quest to cure paralysis may be a noble one, but his method of killing his subjects in order to find a cure is corrupt and out of control.

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